Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Ogre
Heavy snow and ice!
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The land of Lordaeron has been hit by a heavy snowfall that is rare in a century, making this year's weather extremely bad.
The caravan was not moving very fast, and it was necessary to take care of the caravan's caravan, and the speed had slowed down to the same speed as Merlin and his carriage.
The huge caravan was hugging back and forth, there were more than 100 people, and when it left the official road for a few days, the caravan needed to be on guard at all times, and the speed of progress was not fast, but it was safe.
The road is not easy to walk, as the heavy snow that is rare in a hundred years slowly melts, so that the road is not smooth, the carriage began to shake left and right, the carriage went up and down, Merlin's body shook and bumped with the carriage, he looked at the curtain lifted in front of him, Merlin looked south, that is where Maris Farm is located, after arriving at Maris Farm, it is not very far from Dahlon County.
The Barons and Talon County in winter is the most difficult time of the year, and the trolls in the southern Hinterland, because they can't find food in winter, will start to rush out of the forest, start to attack Talon County and Barons, and start plundering food and people.
This winter, because of this heavy snowfall, the trolls may attack earlier, so Merlin has to return to the territory to start preparing early.
At noon, the advancing carriage stopped.
One stove after another began to be erected, and the caravan wandered all the year round, and the food was not disadvantaged to itself, but only prepared some dried meat and dry bread to eat, and they were basically freshly cooked, unless they were in a hurry and had insufficient time to travel.
Merlin's silver coins were not spent in vain, the food given to them by the caravan was good, and Raymond sat in the carriage, the curtain had been lowered, cutting off the cold wind that was constantly blowing outside, Merlin had just eaten two bites, and suddenly a sharp shout sounded outside, the voice was very urgent, full of anxiety, the enemy is coming, Merlin reacted instantly in his mind.
Merlin stood up suddenly, directly lifted the curtain, and strode out of the carriage, Raymond also followed, he had a cold face, Merlin reacted, Raymond, who was two years older than Merlin and fifteen years old this year, had already reacted.
In the distance, a short, thin man with swift feet gave a signal.
"Come in here," the mercenary captain shouted in a calm voice.
The more critical the moment, the more you can't panic, even though the captain of the mercenary team doesn't know who the enemy is at this moment? But he had already begun to lay out precautions.
Whether the caravan is advancing or resting, they have a regular order, and they are not blindly walking, if they encounter an attack, the caravan can react and defend at the first time.
Merlin and Raymond followed the words of the captain of the mercenary team, and walked behind the fortifications set up by the caravan with carriages and goods, and Drew, the deputy captain of the mercenary team who had just walked in, had already strode towards Raymond, he came to Raymond before and after, and ran directly to the subject, without any clichés and lies, and at this time he also knew that time was pressing.
"I'll need your help in a moment,"
"Yes," Raymond was unambiguous.
Drew nodded, he walked directly to Merlin's side, and the words just now were said again, Merlin and the others did not choose to refuse, they all chose to agree.
The caravan was on guard very quickly, and the ineffective personnel, they stayed directly in the middle position, surrounded by the guards, and the weapons were held in the hands of the guards, and they held the weapons in their hands tightly, looking in the direction of the enemy vigilantly.
"What is the enemy?"
There are so many enemies in the world of Azeroth, there are many alien races, but there are also many beasts, and anyone who does not see the enemy does not know what will appear.
"Ogre!"
"It's an ogre!" The short man who returned, he shouted directly in his high-pitched voice.
"Ogre," the mercenary captain's lips began to squirm as he muttered to himself, his face turning from serious to ugly.
Ogre, this is not a strange word, there is no such species in their world, if you talk about ogres ten years ago, no one will have the slightest impression of ogres, but ten years later, it is different, ogres are one of the evil forces called the tribe at the beginning, there are countless humans who died at the hands of ogres, and they have a clear impression of ogres and any of them.
"How many ogres are there?" The captain of the mercenary team, he was experienced, and he asked with an instant opening of his mouth.
"At least ten,"
"Damn,"
"When will an ogre appear on this road,"
"Are all the kingdom's troops idiots, the ogre is such a big threat, and he didn't even find out," the deputy captain Drew, who was standing next to the captain of the mercenary team, was not as calm as the captain of the mercenary team, and he opened his mouth to scold.
Ogres, according to their name, can know how fierce they are, they feed on people, and such existence can be described as a great deterrent to humans.
Ten ogres, what is this concept, in the world of Azeroth, the force of human beings is not strong, a single human can not defeat trolls, only with the help of sophisticated equipment, human beings can defeat trolls, the same equipment under the trolls to completely abuse humans, and if trolls and ogres are compared, trolls are not good, ogres are above trolls, a ogre can beat at least five humans.
Ten ogres is equivalent to fifty humans, and such a simple conversion can be described as extremely terrifying.
Of course, the real situation has various factors, and it cannot be compared in this way.
"It's coming!" The person in charge of the guard looked at the black shadow that appeared in the distance and said.
Immediately, everyone's attention was taken away from the short man and he looked into the distance.
Merlin's expression was solemn, and in his field of vision there were one ogre after another, the ogre was tall, not less than 10 feet at all, and the height of a human was only 6 to 7 feet back and forth, and the ogre was half a body taller than a human.
They were naked, naked on the upper half of their bodies, wearing a dirty shorts on the lower half of their bodies, huge heterogeneous horns, growing above their heads, tall bodies, a fierce aura, and a cruel look on their faces, adding to the ferocity of ogres.